Hi,
I am going to be an out-of-state student next year at a SUNY medical school and had a few questions about obtaining in-state tuition after the first year. I have done my research on this and know that you must show that you established a domicile and you must register to vote/divers license and all that stuff. But I have a few questions about the process that I couldn't get the answer of yet.
Since you have to declare you are an independent student, can you still use your parent's health insurance if you are under 26? Like I have friends who file their taxes as independents yet they still use their parent's health insurance. So if I want in-state tuition in year 2, can I keep my parents health insurance or will the people who determine if I am a state resident think I am still a dependent if I use their health insurance (also looked on the application form and didn't see anything about have own health insurance).
My other question is how difficult is it to get this status. I plan on completing all the recommended things for obtaining the state residency. However, is this process just like a formality as in if you complete what you need to that you will get it? Or are they much harder in the sense that you are still 50-50 in getting residency even if you do all of the required things.
If anybody has gone through this process for obtaining residency in NY I would greatly appreciate if you could tell me how your process went and if there are any pitfalls. Thanks
I am going to be an out-of-state student next year at a SUNY medical school and had a few questions about obtaining in-state tuition after the first year. I have done my research on this and know that you must show that you established a domicile and you must register to vote/divers license and all that stuff. But I have a few questions about the process that I couldn't get the answer of yet.
Since you have to declare you are an independent student, can you still use your parent's health insurance if you are under 26? Like I have friends who file their taxes as independents yet they still use their parent's health insurance. So if I want in-state tuition in year 2, can I keep my parents health insurance or will the people who determine if I am a state resident think I am still a dependent if I use their health insurance (also looked on the application form and didn't see anything about have own health insurance).
My other question is how difficult is it to get this status. I plan on completing all the recommended things for obtaining the state residency. However, is this process just like a formality as in if you complete what you need to that you will get it? Or are they much harder in the sense that you are still 50-50 in getting residency even if you do all of the required things.
If anybody has gone through this process for obtaining residency in NY I would greatly appreciate if you could tell me how your process went and if there are any pitfalls. Thanks